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N Lemaître1, C Loïez, N Pastourel
1Laboratoire de bactériologie hygiène, centre de biologie pathologie, CHRU de Lille, boulevard Jules-Leclercq, 59000 Lille, France. nadine.lemaitre@chru-lille.fr
Objectives:
The double-disk synergy test was compared to the Mastdiscs™ ID AmpC and ESßL method for detection of ESßL production in rectal swab.
Methods:
Two hundred and forty-nine rectal swabs were directly inoculated onto Mueller-Hinton plates and analyzed according to both methods.
Results:
A total of 41 (16%) and 208 (84%) were positive and negative for ESßL, respectively. Twelve (29%) and 20 (49%) of the 41 rectal swabs positive for ESßL were detected after 24h of incubation with the double-disk synergy test and the Mastdiscs™ method, respectively (P=0.013). One hundred fifty-eight (76%) et 183 (88%) of the 208 rectal swabs were detected negative for ESßL after 24h of incubation with the double-disk synergy test and the Mastdiscs™ method, respectively (P<0.001). Finally, 79 (32%) and 46 (18%) rectal swabs respectively inoculated according to the double-disk synergy test and the Mastdiscs™ method were inconclusive after 24h of incubation. The better performance of the Mastdiscs™ method was due to an easier detection of cephalosporinase producing bacteria.
Conclusions:
The Mastdiscs™ method is a simple phenotypic method that detects more easily ESßL and non-ESßL producing bacteria in rectal swab.
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